Poseidon () is a 2011 South Korean action television series starring Choi Siwon, Lee Si-young, Lee Sung-jae, Han Jung-soo, Jung Woon-taek and Kil Yong-woo. It aired on KBS2 from September 19 to November 8, 2011, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
The drama revolves around the duties of Korean Coast Guard officers on rescues, terrorism threats, and other special missions; and their obstacles in life and love. It takes its name from the Poseidon Team, a special forces unit of the Marines.
Plot A worldwide criminal syndicate known as Heugsahoe exists. Their boss is Choi Hee-gon.
In 2008, the leader of the Intelligence Investigation Team of the Maritime Police, Kwon Jung-ryool (Lee Sung-jae), forms a secret investigation team to capture crime boss Choi Hee-gon. As Jung-ryool gets closer and closer to capturing Choi Hee-gon, Jung-ryool's wife Min-jung suddenly goes missing. Her dead body is then thrown in front of Jung-ryool. Soon after, other family members involved in the undercover operation are killed.
Sun-woo (Choi Siwon) goes undercover on Jung-ryool's orders. Sun-woo can't stop the mission, even though there's continuous threats on his life. Soon, a policewoman who investigates Sun-woo is killed. It's clear that the woman's murder was committed by crime boss Choi Hee-gon, but evidence is still lacking for his arrest. Finally, the undercover operation is abandoned.
3 years later, Jung-ryool appears obsessed with his job, trying to forget the guilt he feels over the death of his wife. With the help of Hyun Hye-jung (Jin Hee-kyung) and a director of the maritime police, Jung-ryool forms another special investigation team. To avoid the attention of others inside the maritime police and crime boss Choi Hee-gon, the special investigation team is disguised as the #9 investigation team which is responsible for unsolved cases.
Sun-woo has been demoted to the country maritime police office in Gunsan. There, Sun-woo busts an illegal trafficking organization and runs off with their smuggled goods. Sun-woo now becomes a fugitive. This was part of Jung-ryool and Sun-woo's plan to catch Choi Hee-gon. They hope to go through middle man Jung Deok-soo, nicknamed Popeye. Sun-woo approaches Popeye with his stolen goods, but Popeye finds out the truth. Luckily, Sun-woo is saved with the help of tactical team leader Kang Eun-chul (Yunho), his former colleague.
Sun-woo now joins the #9 investigation team. Sun-woo also takes an interest in Corporal Soo-yoon (Lee Si-young). Meanwhile, Popeye kidnaps Kang Eun-chul (Yunho). The abduction of Kang Eun-chul brings back memories of the slain police officer several years earlier.
Cast
Choi Si-won as Kim Sun-woo Lee Si-young as Lee Soo-yoon Lee Sung-jae as Kwon Jung-ryool Han Jung-soo as Oh Min-hyuk Jung Woon-taek as Lee Choong-shik Jang Dong-jik as Kang Joo-min Jung Yun-ho as Kang Eun-chul Uhm Do-hyun as young Kang Eun-chul Jin Hee-kyung as Hyun Hye-jung Lee Byung-joon as Police superintendent Gu Son Jong-bum as Captain Oh Park Sung-kwang as Kim Dae-sung Lee Sang-hoon as Lee Won-tak Lee Joo-shil as Cha Myung-joo Kim Soo-hyun as Kwon Ha-na Jeon Mi-seon as Park Min-jung Park Won-sook as Uhm Hee-sook Kil Yong-woo as Oh Yong-gap Im Ki-hyuk as Kim Sang-soo Kim Tae-hyung as Woo Hyun-tae Kim Yoon-seo as Hong Ji-ah Kim Joon-bae as Jung Deok-soo ("Popeye") Jang Won-young as Ahn Dong-chool Lee Dong-shin as Kwon Chang-bum Choi Jung-woo as Han Sang-goon Lee Han-sol as Chang-gil Jung Ho-bin as Jung Do-young Jang Yong as Yoo Young-gook Choi Ran as Young-ran Kim Sun-kyung as Go Na-kyung Im Seung-dae as Kim Joo-hyung Moon Joon-young as Cha Hyun-seung Cha Ki-joo as Moo-young Kim Seung-pil as safety management employee Bae Jin-sub as Moon Seung-chan Hyun Chul-ho as Section chief Seo Jung Joo-ri
Production The drama was originally set for broadcast on SBS during the first half of 2011, starring Eric Mun and Kim Ok-vin in the roles of Kim Sun-woo and Lee Soo-yoon, respectively. However they dropped out when production was halted after the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong incident in November 2010. Production company Annex Telecom transferred to a different network KBS, and filming resumed in August 2011 with the casting of Choi Siwon and Lee Si-young."Choi Si-won, Lee Si-young embark Poseidon" . 10Asia. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
Ratings Date Episode Nationwide Seoul 2011-09-19 01 7.6% 8.8% 2011-09-20 02 6.6% 8.7% 2011-09-26 03 7.0% 8.6% 2011-09-27 04 6.2% 8.3% 2011-10-03 05 5.0% 8.9% 2011-10-04 06 6.4% 8.6% 2011-10-10 07 5.6% 9.3% 2011-10-11 08 9.2% (16th) 9.6% (13th) 2011-10-17 09 9.2% (17th) 9.2% (18th) 2011-10-18 10 8.3% 8.9% 2011-10-24 11 9.3% 10.0% (19th) 2011-10-25 12 9.2% (19th) 8.8% (18th) 2011-10-31 13 8.4% 9.1% 2011-11-01 14 9.4% (18th) 9.2% (15th) 2011-11-07 15 8.4% 8.9% 2011-11-08 16 10.3% (15th) 11.5% (9th) Average 7.9% - Source: TNmS Media Korea
International broadcast The series was sold to seven countries in Asia, including Japan, China and Taiwan.
It aired on Mnet Japan beginning December 14, 2011.
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